page_title: Timeline of Port Harcourt
section_title: 20th century
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of Port Harcourt / 20th century
caption_attribution_description: English: Port Harcourt in 1930s 日本語: 1930年代のポートハーコート
context_page_description: This is a timeline of the history of Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, Nigeria.
context_section_description: 1925 - Braithwaite Memorial Hospital begins operating.
  1961 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Port Harcourt established.
  1965 - Port Harcourt Refining Company founded.
  1971 - Newspaper The Tide begins publication.
  1972
  Rivers State College of Science and Technology opens.
  Sharks football club formed.
  1975
  University College, Port Harcourt created
  Port Harcourt Zoo established.
  1977 - University College gains University status becomes University of Port Harcourt.
  1980
  Rivers State University of Science and Technology replaces Rivers State College of Science and Technology.
  University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital in operation.
  1981 - Radio Rivers begins broadcasting.
  1984 - Rivers State School of Basic Studies commences in Port Harcourt.
  1985 - Rivers State Television inaugurated.
  1988 - Dolphins football club is founded.
  1993 - Sister-city relationship with Kansas City formed.
  1995 - Ken Saro-Wiwa and Ogoni Nine buried in Port Harcourt Cemetery.
  1996 - Meridian Hospital begins operating.
  1999 - Rivers State School of Basic Studies revamped and renamed to Rivers State College of Arts and Science.
caption: Port Harcourt in 1930s
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